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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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 Buenos Aires, 1834 |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
Events:
| 1826 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | She was named best pupil at the Sociedad de Beneficencia school |
| 1852 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | She founded women’s magazine La Camelia. |
| 1894 | - | Buenos Aires | - | Unknown | - | Died |
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Editors newspapers and magazinesBiography:
Born in the early 1800s, she studied at Mariquita Sánchez’s Sociedad de Beneficencia school, and was awarded a prize for the best pupil in 1826. (Sáenz Quesada, 100)
She founded the women’s magazine La Camelia, 1852 with Juana Manso; also La Educación in 1854 or 1852, which ran for 6 issues from 24 July 1852 then folded due to lack of funds. She worked as a teacher for Sarmiento’s education project. She was in favour of women’s rights.
In La Educación, she took a different tone from that of La Camelia, limiting her function to “actividades educacativas fundamentalándolas en nociones netamente católicas” (Arambel-Guiñazú and Martin, 53-54, 199)
She died in 1894.
References:
Meyer, Doris (editor). (1995) Reinterpreting the Spanish American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Arambel Guinazu, Maria Cristina , Martin, Claire Emilie (2001) Las mujeres toman la palabra: Escritura feminina del siglo XIX. Volume: 1
Sáenz Quesada, María (1996) Mariquita Sánchez, Vida política y sentimental